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Nagpur: Haunted by boy's death, engineering student commits suicide
An 18-year-old student allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Maharashtra's Nagpur city.Saurabh Nagpurkar, who was studying engineering, in his suicide note, mentioned that he ended his life because he "saw the spirit of a boy" whom he had seen dying in a road accident.According to the cops, Saurabh witnessed the accident two months ago."He, in his dying statement, wrote that the ghost of a young boy who he saw getting killed in the road accident was calling him," police official Tulsiram Dhakulkar told ANI.In the note he also claimed that within a span of two months he met with the accidents twice, 'which were caused by the ghost of the accident victim'.The boy had told his family that he was scared, which allegedly went unheard, police said.
Cyclone Titli: Death toll rises to 26 in Odisha
The death toll in cyclone Titli that made a landfall in the state of Odisha on October 11 has increased to 26.The people died due to landslide, falling of trees, drowning, wall collapse, in the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Angul, Keonjhar and Nayagarh.Three districts of Odisha - Ganjam, Gajapati, and Rayagada - were severely affected by cyclone Titli, heavy rains, and the subsequent floods earlier this month.According to Office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), more than 3.6 lakh people were evacuated to safer places and sheltered in relief centres.Earlier, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed the officials to provide an assistance of Rs 1000 along with 50 kg rice and 2-litre Kerosene to each ration card holder affected by cyclone Titli and its aftermath.The remaining assistance of Rs 2000 will be transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries soon.The Odisha government also announced to provide two months advanced ration to the people in the ...
Nepal to repatriate South Koreans killed on remote peak
The bodies of five South Korean climbers killed in one of the deadliest mountaineering accidents to hit Nepal in recent years were due to be flown home Tuesday, an official said. The South Koreans, led by record-holding climber Kim Chang-ho, were on remote Mount Gurja when their camp was hit by a sudden, powerful gust most likely caused by a powerful downblast from an avalanche. The massive impact left the bodies of the climbers -- and those of four Nepali guides with the expedition -- scattered over 500 metres (1,640 feet). All nine bodies were retrieved from the remote location in the Dhaulagiri mountain range on Sunday, more than 24 hours after the only surviving team member -- who was in a village a day's walk away -- raised the alarm. The remains of the five foreign climbers will be flown home from Nepal on Tuesday evening, said Shiva Pokharel, an official with South Korea's embassy in Kathmandu. "The postmortem has been completed... but the results will take about a week," he ...
AAIB probing female flight attendant's fall from AI plane
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has begun a probe into the mishap where a 53-year-old female flight attendant fell from a stationary Air India plane while closing its door at the Mumbai airport, an official said Tuesday. The flight attendant, who suffered serious injuries in the incident Monday, is stable and her right leg requires multiple surgeries, said authorities at the city-based Nanavati Hospital where she is being treated. The wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft was Monday preparing to depart for New Delhi when Harsha Lobo fell on the tarmac from a height of 20 feet, apparently through a gap between the rear door and the step ladder. She suffered multiple fractures in her legs and was rushed to the Nanavati Hospital. "The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has taken over the probe into the incident at the Mumbai airport in which a female flight attendant had fallen off from the Boeing 777 aircraft Monday morning," a senior official in the Directorate ...
Five killed as bus falls into canal in West Bengal's Hooghly
Five passengers were killed and 20 more injured on Tuesday when a bus fell into a canal from a bridge in Haripal village of Hooghly district, police said. Two men and three women died when the bus, which was headed to Howrah from Arambagh, with around 30 passengers dashed against the cement railings of the bridge, breaking it, and fell into the Dakatia khal near Gojarmore at around 9 am, Hooghly Superintendent of Police Sukesh Jain told PTI. "Five people have died in the accident and 19 others, excluding one, are being treated at a hospital in Haripal. We have shifted one critically injured to a hospital in Kolkata," Jain said. Nobody was arrested in connection with the incident and police were looking for the driver, he said. The bus conductor was undergoing treatment at the hospital, Jain said. "A forensic team is on its way to examine the bus. Whether it was a mechanical snag or a fault of the driver is yet be ascertained," the SP said.
IAF pilots start training to operate Chinook choppers
Ahead of their induction, Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots have started training to operate the CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, an official said on Tuesday.
5.4-magnitude quake hits northwest China
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Jinghe County in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tuesday morning. The epicentre, with a depth of 10-km, was monitored at 44.19 degrees north latitude and 82.53 degrees east longitude, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said in a statement. The quake shook several townships within 50-km of the epicentre, although no casualties have been reported, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The pendant lamps started to shake very strongly, and there were cracks in the walls, said a local resident. The quake also halted three trains in Xinjiang, according to the region's railway authorities. Hundreds of firefighters are heading toward the quake-hit area as part of the region's rescue efforts.
UN Chief saddened over destruction caused by Cyclone Titli in Odisha, Andha Pradesh
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness over the loss of lives and destruction caused in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh due to landslides and flooding following Cyclone Titli, saying the world body is ready to support the government's response to the calamity. "The Secretary-General is saddened by reports of death and injury in Odisha and Andha Pradesh states in India due to landslides and flooding following Cyclone Titli, a statement issued Monday by Guterres' spokesman said. Guterres said the UN stands in solidarity with the Government of India as it responds to this calamity and is ready to support the response. The death toll in cyclone Titli, which made a landfall on October 11, and the subsequent flood in Odisha has risen to 27. A total of 3,60,353 people were evacuated and sheltered in 1,614 relief centres. Millions of people have been affected in Odisha mainly in the worst-hit districts of Ganjam, Gajapati, and Rayagada, and thousands of houses were damaged in ..
Cyclone Titli toll in Odisha increases to 26
The Odisha government on Tuesday confirmed that the death toll in the very severe cyclonic storm Titli and subsequent flooding in the state has increased to 26, while 57 lakh people have been affected.
MACT awards over Rs 50 lakh to family of man killed in road accident
A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded over Rs 50 lakh to the wife, minor children and aged parents of a man killed in a road accident in Delhi in 2016. MACT judge Justice Pawan Kumar Jain asked Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Limited, insurer of the offending vehicle to deposit Rs 47,45,000 and Rs 7,17,000 as interest to the family of the deceased. "Since, the offending vehicle was registered in the name of the respondent (Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Limited), it is directed to deposit the award amount of Rs 47,45,000 with interest @ 9 % per annum from the date of filing of claim petition,ie, February 7, 2017 till realization of the amount, within 30 days" the tribunal said. It also held that Vijay Kumar, the owner and driver of the offending vehicle, along with the insurance company "shall be severally and jointly liable to pay compensation to the petitioners". The tribunal awarded the compensation to the family of Delhi resident Himanshu Goyal, .
Cyclone Titli: Patnaik govt to expedite assistance to affected families
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed officials to provide an assistance of Rs 1000 along with 50 kg rice and 2-litre Kerosene to each ration card holder affected by Cyclone Titli and its aftermath.The remaining assistance of Rs 2000 will be transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries soon.The Odisha government announced to provide two months advanced ration to the people in the Gajapati district.The cyclone and subsequent flood affected more than 57 lakh people in 7402 villages in 16 districts of the state.Three districts of Odisha - Ganjam, Gajapati, and Rayagada - were severely affected by Cyclone Titli, heavy rains, and the subsequent floods earlier this month.According to Office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), more than 3.6 lakh people were evacuated to safer places and sheltered in relief centres.The office of SRC also informed that standing crops, spread across 2.34 lakh hectare areas, have been damaged.
Tropical storm kills three in Oman, Yemen
At least three people have been killed and 33 injured by flash flooding in Yemen and neighbouring Oman caused by Tropical Storm Luban, the UN and local authorities have said. Mahra province in the far east of Yemen and the neighbouring Dhofar region of Oman are the only parts of the Arabian Peninsula that have a monsoon climate governed by the tropical weather systems of the Indian Ocean. Mountains rising to 1,300 metres separate a fertile coastal strip from the infamous Empty Quarter in the vast desert interior. Most of the Luban's casualties were reported in coastal districts of Mahra, where two people were killed and 33 injured by widespread flooding, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said. In Oman, the civil defence said one man was found dead in Dhofar. Mahra governor Rajeh Bakrit said on Monday the province had been devastated by the storm. "The situation is catastrophic in the province and beyond the capabilities of the local authorities," he .
Teen hangs self over 'psychological' distress after witnessing
A teenager has allegedly committed suicide after reportedly experiencing psychological distress from witnessing a road accident earlier that killed a minor boy, Nagpur police said Tuesday. Engineering student Saurabh Nagpurkar (18), who hanged himself at his home in Teen Nal Chowk area here Sunday, left behind a suicide note to this effect, police said. Police said that Nagpurkar, while going to college, had witnessed a road accident about a month ago in which a minor boy lost his life. Nagpurkar also met with two minor road accidents which, according to his suicide note, were "caused" by the boy, killed in the earlier accident, "obstructing" his path, police said. He took the extreme step apparently due to distress over these events, police added. He is survived by his parents and elder sister, the official said. Tehsil police have registered a case of accidental death and are probing further, he informed.
Two Myanmar jet pilots, young girl killed
Two Myanmar fighter pilots were killed in separate crashes due to heavy fog Tuesday, officials said, with the debris from one of the planes killing a young girl in her home. Poor visibility caused one F-7 jet to fly into a telecommunications tower near Magway air force base more than 500 kilometres northwest of Yangon, an air force official told AFP. "He had no time to eject," said the official, who did not want to be named. A 10-year-old girl, who was studying at home, was hit by a piece of the plane after it struck the tower, lawmaker Kyaw Swan Yee from nearby Min Buu town said. "She died after arriving at hospital," he said. In the other incident -- which ocurred just 10 miles (16 kilometres) away -- the pilot managed to eject from his plane but was killed when he hit the ground according to the official. The pilots were named as Captain Hein Thu Aung and Captain Phyo Maung Maung, both in their thirties. Magway's chief minister and a delegation of lawmakers paid their respects to .
25 injured as bus falls into rivulet in Malkangiri
At least 25 people were injured, six of them seriously, after a bus carrying them fell into a rivulet from a bridge in Govindapalli area of Malkangiri district, the police said. The mishap occurred when the bus carrying around 40 passengers from Jeypore in Koraput district was on its way to Balimela in Malkangiri in the evening of Monday. As the driver of the vehicle lost balance and the vehicle fell into the rivulet from a bridge, BSF personnel from a nearby camp and policemen rushed to the spot and carried out rescue operation, he said. Around 25 persons injured in the incident were taken to hospitals in Mathili, Khairput and Govindpalli. Six of them with serious injuries were later shifted to hospitals in Koraput and Malkangiri, he said. The driver of the private bus was arrested.
Ghaziabad: 1 killed, 3 injured while crossing tracks
One person was killed and three others were injured when they were hit by a train while crossing the railway tracks in Ghaziabad on Tuesday.The incident happened between Ghaziabad and Chipyana on Tuesday morning when the four were trying to cross the tracks when the point was closed for traffic in order to let the train pass.The group was hit by the Dankor-Shakur Basti passenger train at gate no 153A."The incident happened between Ghaziabad and Chipyana. The gate was closed and they were trying to cross from beneath it. All the injured are being treated at Civil Hospital Ghaziabad," Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar said.The injured have been admitted to Ghaziabad's MMG Civil Hospital for medical treatment.
Three killed as bus falls into canal
At least three passengers were killed and 22 others injured Tuesday when a bus fell into a canal from a bridge at Haripal in Hooghly district, the police said. The Kolkata-bound bus dashed against the cement railings of a bridge before breaking it and fell into the Dakatia khal near Gojarmore at around 9 am, killing three passengers on the spot, SP Sukesh Jain told PTI. At least 22 passengers were injured and condition of two persons was critical, he said, adding that all of them were taken to the Haripal hospital. Rescue operations are on. A team of state disaster management department has been sent to the spot, he said.
Train kills 1 in Ghaziabad
One man was killed and three others injured when they tried to cross the tracks in front of an approaching train near Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad railway yard on Tuesday, an official said.
5 dead in Bengal bus accident
A bus accident in West Bengal's Hooghly district left five persons dead and many others injured on Tuesday, police said.
15 passengers injured as bus falls into canal
At least 15 people were Tuesday injured when a bus fell into a canal at Haripal in Hooghly district, the police said. The Kolkata-bound bus fell into the Dakatia Khal near Gojarmore at around 9 am, injuring 15 people, SP Sukesh Jain told PTI. Locals and policemen were involved in rescue operations. The injured passengers have been rushed to the Haripal Hospital.